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"Smart" Punctuation and the Principle of Least Astonishment

by ycombiredd on 2/28/25, 11:23 AM with 1 comments

  • by ycombiredd on 2/28/25, 11:23 AM

    The insidious intrusion of so-called Smart Punctuation into note-taking apps, unformatted text editors, and message compositors to silently and invisibly alter your text input is bad UI and horrible UX.